Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 April 2017
299. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in a 2016 GLAS payment issuing to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16941/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of 1 January 2016.
During the 2016 prepayment checking process an issue presented on the computerised crosscheck of Department databases. Parcels approved into the GLAS scheme for the Farmland Habitat action have been merged since the GLAS application was submitted which has resulted in unforeseen technical issues on the Department's databases. Department officials are actively working to resolve this issue with a view to further processing the application for the 2016 payment as soon as possible.
